Janet (Howell) Whitecotton

Janet (pronounced Jeanette) (Howell) Whitecotton, 95, passed from this life on September 16, 2025, in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

Janet was born June 17, 1930, in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Corliss and Manilla (Chilson) Howell.

She was the oldest of their five children and had three elder siblings on her mother's side.

Janet married her husband, Bill Whitecotton, in June of 1948, and they spent 50 beautiful years together. They had three boys, Tommy Ray Whitecotton, David Whitecotton, and Richard Whitecotton.

Janet is proceeded in death by her parents, Corliss and Manilla (Chilson) Howell, husband Bill Whitecotton, and sons Tommy Ray Whitecotton and Richard Whitecotton.

Janet is survived by her son David (Margie) Whitecotton; daughter-in-law Renee Whitecotton; ten grandchildren- Andrea Whitecotton, Jeff Whitecotton, Heather Newsom, Alicia (Andy) Borman, Justin (Tori) Whitecotton, Karen (David) Whitecotton, Amy (Brian) Scott, Rebecca (Benjamin) Stock, Erika (Russell) Kinder, and Ryan Whitecotton; sixteen great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson, and numerous other family members.

Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday September 19, 2025 at Cooper Funeral Home, continuing until time of service. Graveside Service will be 10:00 a.m.  Saturday September 20, 2025, at the Tecumseh Cemetery with Duncan Blackwell of First Baptist Church, Elk City Oklahoma, officiating under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to cancer research at St. Jude's at https://www.stjude.org, Wildcare Oklahoma at https://www.wildcareoklahoma.org/, or Saving Pets at Risk (SPAR) at https://sparpets.org/.